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Volume 30, Number 35 Weber State College, Ogden, Utah 84403 Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Selection of editor today A Publications Board meeting will be held today at 2:30 to select a new editor for the SIGNPOST. All applicants should meet in the Union Building in room 228 for the meeting. The new editor will be chosen by the twelve-man Publications Board which seats students, faculty, and administrators. A second meeting will be held on Wednesday to select editors of ACORN (yearbook) and PROBE (literary magazine.) Student files complaint oss dCiCiq Hanson against Security Chief A Miss Nikki Hansen, WSC assistant professor of English, will speak on"The Race War Myth in Black Theatre" on March 4. "The Race War Myth in Black Theatre," is the subject of the winning paper in the third annual Cortez Faculty Honors Lecture contest to be held at Weber State College, March 4. Miss Nikki Hansen, assistant professor of English, took first place honors with her paper, which she will present in the Fine Arts Center auditorium at 11 a.m. The public is invited at no charge. The special convocation which recognized achievements in the pursuit of excellence at Weber State is sponsored by the John J. Cortez Family Foundation. Second place honors went to Dr. Candadai Seshachari, assistant professor of English, third place was won by Genevieve M. Wise, Assistant professor of Family Life. Miss Hansen a graduate of Utah State University joined the Weber State teaching staff in 1963 after completing her masters degree at Utah State. She is doing work toward a Ph. D. in English at University of Utah. Action on a complaint filed by a WSC student, Jim Nickerson on Feb. 23 against William E. Carver, WSC Chief of Security is pending, awaiting final decision from an administrative board reviewing the matter. The complaint, which was filed in the office of Dr. Robert A. Clarke, Administrative Vice President of WSC, stemmed from an incident which occurred on Feb. 24 at the Security Office. The student complaint reported that Nickerson went to the Security Office to report that he had been given a ticket mistakenly, for not having a decal on his truck. Nickerson reported the problem to Carver who then inspected Nickerson's truck and allegedly stated, "everything will be okay." Carver and Nickerson then went back into the security office and Nickerson reportedly ask for a receipt to insure that the matter was cleared up permanently. Carver thenallegedlystated "I told you that I'd take care of it." Nickerson then reportedly asked Carver for a receipt again, to which Carver replied "will you just get out of here. I'm not going to give you a receipt if you. didn't pay a fine." At this point in their conversation, according to the complaint, Nickerson raised his voice for the first time and said, "Will you please stop hasseling me, and give me a receipt." Carver then allegedly "reached across the counter and forcefully grabbed me with both hands..." was the statement made by Nickerson. He was then ordered to leave the office or be thrown out, according to the written statement. Nickerson then stated, "I'm not going to leave this office until I have a receipt." Carver then came from behind the counter and asked Nickerson to leave, Nickerson said "no." At this time, according to Nickerson's statement, Carver "grabbed me again, dragged me about two feet, and then threw me violently at and through the front screen door of the Security Office. " The closing paragraph of Nickerson's complaint asks for the temporary suspension of Carver from his position as Chief of Security until "his actions in this case are carefully scrutinized by this administration, to determine whether he acted with malice and incompetence." In reply to the complaint, Carver said, "I'm particularly sorry that this incident happened." I only had two choices, what else could I do. I asked him to leave five different times and he refused to do so." Carver also explained, "We go out and push cars and take kids to the hospital and help people everyday and then get shot down over one, five minute problem in the outside office." A meeting was scheduled for Monday(March l)of the administrative board to further review the complaint and settle the matter. X ;. " - r LlW? A f '- A X I ' ' ' - . ' ' p-- ...... ; Lf- A" ' " vr k-'------. x - if'. .J Si Weber State did not escape the ravages of high speed winds as they swept through northern Utah last week. Trees were toppled by the high gusts and many windows were blown in. Officer Phil R. Tarran of WSC Security investigates damage to windows (at left) as Scott Silverthorn (on deck) and Scott Monsen (in water) retreive glass from the WSC swimming pool. Windows surrounding the pool were blown in by the winds and scattered in the pool. (Photo by John Shup)

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Volume 30, Number 35 Weber State College, Ogden, Utah 84403 Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Selection of editor today A Publications Board meeting will be held today at 2:30 to select a new editor for the SIGNPOST. All applicants should meet in the Union Building in room 228 for the meeting. The new editor will be chosen by the twelve-man Publications Board which seats students, faculty, and administrators. A second meeting will be held on Wednesday to select editors of ACORN (yearbook) and PROBE (literary magazine.) Student files complaint oss dCiCiq Hanson against Security Chief A Miss Nikki Hansen, WSC assistant professor of English, will speak on"The Race War Myth in Black Theatre" on March 4. "The Race War Myth in Black Theatre," is the subject of the winning paper in the third annual Cortez Faculty Honors Lecture contest to be held at Weber State College, March 4. Miss Nikki Hansen, assistant professor of English, took first place honors with her paper, which she will present in the Fine Arts Center auditorium at 11 a.m. The public is invited at no charge. The special convocation which recognized achievements in the pursuit of excellence at Weber State is sponsored by the John J. Cortez Family Foundation. Second place honors went to Dr. Candadai Seshachari, assistant professor of English, third place was won by Genevieve M. Wise, Assistant professor of Family Life. Miss Hansen a graduate of Utah State University joined the Weber State teaching staff in 1963 after completing her masters degree at Utah State. She is doing work toward a Ph. D. in English at University of Utah. Action on a complaint filed by a WSC student, Jim Nickerson on Feb. 23 against William E. Carver, WSC Chief of Security is pending, awaiting final decision from an administrative board reviewing the matter. The complaint, which was filed in the office of Dr. Robert A. Clarke, Administrative Vice President of WSC, stemmed from an incident which occurred on Feb. 24 at the Security Office. The student complaint reported that Nickerson went to the Security Office to report that he had been given a ticket mistakenly, for not having a decal on his truck. Nickerson reported the problem to Carver who then inspected Nickerson's truck and allegedly stated, "everything will be okay." Carver and Nickerson then went back into the security office and Nickerson reportedly ask for a receipt to insure that the matter was cleared up permanently. Carver thenallegedlystated "I told you that I'd take care of it." Nickerson then reportedly asked Carver for a receipt again, to which Carver replied "will you just get out of here. I'm not going to give you a receipt if you. didn't pay a fine." At this point in their conversation, according to the complaint, Nickerson raised his voice for the first time and said, "Will you please stop hasseling me, and give me a receipt." Carver then allegedly "reached across the counter and forcefully grabbed me with both hands..." was the statement made by Nickerson. He was then ordered to leave the office or be thrown out, according to the written statement. Nickerson then stated, "I'm not going to leave this office until I have a receipt." Carver then came from behind the counter and asked Nickerson to leave, Nickerson said "no." At this time, according to Nickerson's statement, Carver "grabbed me again, dragged me about two feet, and then threw me violently at and through the front screen door of the Security Office. " The closing paragraph of Nickerson's complaint asks for the temporary suspension of Carver from his position as Chief of Security until "his actions in this case are carefully scrutinized by this administration, to determine whether he acted with malice and incompetence." In reply to the complaint, Carver said, "I'm particularly sorry that this incident happened." I only had two choices, what else could I do. I asked him to leave five different times and he refused to do so." Carver also explained, "We go out and push cars and take kids to the hospital and help people everyday and then get shot down over one, five minute problem in the outside office." A meeting was scheduled for Monday(March l)of the administrative board to further review the complaint and settle the matter. X ;. " - r LlW? A f '- A X I ' ' ' - . ' ' p-- ...... ; Lf- A" ' " vr k-'------. x - if'. .J Si Weber State did not escape the ravages of high speed winds as they swept through northern Utah last week. Trees were toppled by the high gusts and many windows were blown in. Officer Phil R. Tarran of WSC Security investigates damage to windows (at left) as Scott Silverthorn (on deck) and Scott Monsen (in water) retreive glass from the WSC swimming pool. Windows surrounding the pool were blown in by the winds and scattered in the pool. (Photo by John Shup)